This was a favorite feature of many users, as they could use it to insert prepared text files. While it's nice to hide the attachments, I would prefer smaller icons so I don't need to hide them (and forget they are hidden!)Īnother problem is that you can't insert text files as text. Click the paperclip again to show the attachments. You can hide the attachments in received messages by clicking on the paperclip on the right side of the header (near the message date). It's not too bad if you are using a touch screen, as it's an easy target for big fingers, but the attachment row is twice as large as it needs to be for desktop users. Other problems users are complaining about include the attachment icon in the header is huge. Hold Ctrl as you click individual attachments to select some, but not all, attachments. After selecting the attachments use the Delete key or the Remove Attachment command on the attachment menu. While you can't drag the mouse to select a group of attachments (as you could in older versions), you can use the Select All command on the attachment menu, use Ctrl+A, or click on the first attachment then hold Shift and click on the last. 2062, it is possible to select one or more attachments and delete all at once. The cloud image on the icon disappears when it's converted to a traditional attachment.Īs of Office build. See Outlook extremes – how big and long can you go with Outlook? for more details.If you want to send it as an attachment instead of a link to the link on OneDrive, expand the menu and select Attach as copy. They have an outgoing message limit which is controlled by the network administrator.Īdmins change that in Exchange Server at Hub Transport | Global Settings | Transport Settings. Check with your IT ‘gods’ to find out what limit they’ve set. None of the above applies to Exchange Server and Office 365 mail hosts. That would let Outlook customers set thresholds for each account and change that limit more easily. In a sensible design, the outgoing message size limit should be part of the setting for each mail account and part of the account settings dialog. 25MB = 25000 so we’ve set the Outlook limit to 24000 which leaves 1000 (about a megabyte) for the body and header. Si Outlook no le permite enviar un archivo adjunto porque excede algn lmite, ajuste el lmite de tamao del archivo adjunto de Outlook. You have to allow for the size of message body and header. That’s a limit on the entire message size while the Outlook setting is a limit on the attachment size only. In this example, we’ve set the limit for Gmail which has an outgoing message limit of 25MB.
The value is a whole number of KB in decimal, for example 30720 = 30MB or 25000 = 25MB. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\x.0\Outlook\Preferences HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\x.0\Outlook\Preferences To workaround that limit you need to dig into the Registry. You can’t set different limits for each mail host. What’s worse, the limit is global for all SMTP mail accounts (Exchange Server accounts have their own administrator imposed limits). “The attachment size exceeds the allowable limit.”Įven if the mail host lets you send larger messages, Outlook won’t let you.
I did not experience this issue with previous versions of Outlook. However, Outlook 2016 appears to have a size limit and does not allow me to send attachment over a certain size. If you try to send a message over that size, you’ll get a warning I run my own email server which is setup to have no restrictions on email size limit. It’s still the limit in Outlook 2010, 20 for Windows. Click OK, and a dialog pops out to remind you restart the Outlook programs for taking effect the change. For instance, here I change the attachment size to 10MB (10240KB). This limit isn’t related to any limit imposed by the mail host, it’s a somewhat arbitrary value chosen in 2007 and not changed since. In the Options dialog, click Other tab, and enter the limited size you want to change to into the textbox besides Maximum Attachment Size section. With Outlook 2007 SP2, Microsoft introduced a ‘hard’ limit on the size of outgoing emails using SMTP (ie POP or IMAP connections).